Chapter 240: What's That?
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Although Jack didn't chew, or even swallowed whole, the foul smell emanating from the earthworm still filled his mouth and body. Jack sat down by the campfire and poured water on him before his face returned to normal. It seems that he is not used to the taste either.
Ah San understood Chinese and followed Jack back to the campfire, but he didn't seem to care about the smell of earthworms, and there was brown juice after chewing earthworms in his mouth, and the taste that directly stimulated his brain.
"Mr. Zhang, is there something else here?" Ah San asked me carefully.
I shrugged. "Who knows. Maybe, I don't believe these earthworms are the overlords of this space. If yes, then I want to congratulate everyone, although this thing is difficult to eat, but our safety is guaranteed. They don't pose a threat to us. ”
Ah San's eyes rolled. Turning his head to look around, he looked like a thief.
Buazon was the last to return, and he was also responsible for feeding the rich rice, which was full of rotten and foul smells. I forced him to go to the river and wash himself, otherwise the smell would be enough to make people vomit, whether sitting or walking with him.
Several of them had food in their stomachs, and their strength naturally recovered quickly, and after drinking some water, they prepared to continue their journey downstream of the underground river. I tightened my belt, and my loose belly was about to stick to my backbone, and the belt buckle was still loose in the last eye.
Jack saw that I was weak, so he walked in the front, and I didn't have the strength to fight him. Tell him to keep an eye on the spot, and turn on the one-eyed flashlight when he is unsure. I have a hunch that we have entered a dangerous environment.
Jack nodded and said, "I know." But we're only left with two spare glowsticks, and we may soon be left with flashlights. ”
With that, Jack threw off his legs and walked forward.
Our glow sticks are dedicated to the field, with high brightness and regular lighting time, and the illumination time of each light stick is more than 48 hours. I didn't ask Jack about the time, but I was still surprised by what he said, and it had been nearly ninety hours since we entered the place. After these two glow sticks are abolished, we may not be able to use two glow sticks for lighting, and we must use lighting tools sparingly.
Our lines are lined up in a straight line. I pushed Ah San to the front and followed Jack. I take care of the Laotians in the back. Jack often turns on the one-eyed flashlight, and uses it when he's not sure what the black lump in front of him is. We kept the distance close to make sure that the person at the front didn't have to speak loudly for everyone to hear.
I'm guessing there's something else going on here. It caused a lot of tension to Ah San. He followed Jack. But I don't follow closely, and I'd rather walk one foot deeper and one foot shallow in an unclear environment. He also looked back at me a lot, and it seemed that the expectations of me were higher.
I know he's upset that I threw him behind Jack. Because before I drove him away, he also emphatically said, "I am your person." ”。
However, I see that he will turn around and run away at any time, and I really can't agree with the idea that he is my person. I think he is more like squad leader Liu, who will run wild at any time. When squad leader Liu did this, I had the ability and felt that I had the responsibility to get him back, but now if Ah San starts a surge, I plan to give up.
I couldn't take care of two Laotians and at the same time take care of him, and besides, I probably wouldn't be able to stop him, and I was worried that he would give me an uncontrollable blow in a frenzy. I felt that there was a good chance that I would be defeated or even injured by him.
The further down the river became, the larger the space became, and Jack's flashlight could no longer shine on the edge of the cave. But the other creatures I had a hunch did not appear, and it was very quiet along the way, we were a certain distance from the underground river, and the sound of the river was very weak, and the loudest sound I could hear was the sound of our footsteps and the gurgling of my stomach.
My mood did not relax at all, and I did not slack off because of the quiet, but became more nervous. I kept lowering my voice in the back to remind Jack to slow down and pay attention to the situation above his head.
The top of the cave is not ridiculously high, and the one-eyed flashlight can shine on the roof of the cave. But there are a lot of icicle-like stalactites hanging down from the top of the cave, so we can't see the whole picture of the cave roof, and it feels like a hanging stone forest, which hides fierce beasts that choose people to eat.
I admit that my reminder caused Jack to be nervous and impatient, and he finally replied angrily: "If you think you will do better, then come to the front, and don't point fingers at the back like an old woman." ”
I knew it was my nervousness that prompted me to say that, and I couldn't have done better, and I didn't have the physical strength to lead the way. I pressed my hands down in Jack's direction, made a quiet and angry gesture, and whispered, "You're doing a great job." It's just that I have a very bad premonition, you must observe carefully in front of you before moving forward. Don't skimp on flashlights. ”
Jack was originally holding a glow stick in one hand and a one-eyed flashlight in the other, and after hearing my words, he "snapped" and slowly swept the flashlight in the direction of progress. Although I was a little behind him, I could see very clearly that there were only stalagmites and stone pillars, and there were not even larger things that could stop people.
Jack waved his cyclops flashlight and yelled at me, "See. I'm looking very carefully, don't trouble me again. OK? I'm fed up with you coward's nagging. ”
Unexpectedly, the first to have a nervous breakdown and go crazy was Jack. I won't let him scold me like this, let alone open my mouth to how I can lose to him. I glared at him, and the air between the two of them seemed to condense. I think the Vietnamese and Laotians would have thought that the next moment Jack and I would be bumping into each other like two bulls.
But I was thinking about how I could choke Jack with a single word. Do it? How could it be, especially after hearing Ah San say that Jack's super combat power, I completely dispelled this thought. Frankly speaking, even if Jack's combat power is scum, there will be no possibility of doing it between the two of us. I feel like we're in a relationship of mutual use and dependence.
Just as our eyes were about to spark in the air, a very weak voice suddenly came into my ears. "What's that?"
It was Ah San's voice, and although it was a weakened version, it still came to my ears clearly. He should be between me and Jack, and the glow sticks in our hands can illuminate a circle around us, and the light is very weak two meters away. The role of the glow stick is more to indicate the direction, and it is helpless to use it for lighting. Between me and Jack, I didn't see Ah San, but he was here just now, I'm sure.
A pillar of light shot out of Jack's hand, and he shone the light of the cyclops flashlight between the two of us.
I saw Ah San crouching on the ground, holding his head like a prisoner on trial, but his eyes were on the roof of the grotto. (To be continued......)